AQUATICS

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VIII, Issue 414, 30 June 1898, Page 6

AQUATICS

At present (writes the London correspondent of an Australian paper) there is “no sich person” as the professional sculling champion of England, Jake Gaudaur having abandoned the Sportsman Cup, which is the visible sign of the title. But there are half-a-dozen aspirants to the honour, and they are at present amusing themselves and other people by flinging challenges for hundreds a side at one another. Tom Sullivan, who once possessed the title and thinks himself good enough to get it again, has come forward with a suggestion that the trustees of the Cup should put it up for competition among the best scullers in England. He suggests a sweepstake of £5O each, the winner to hold the cup and title and take £2OO in cash, the surplus, if any, to rank as a second prize. James Wray, George Towns, Wag Harding, and W. A. Barry have signified their willingness to enter the competition, and there is no reason why the cup trustees should object to the proposal of the ex-championn. Up to the nresent, however, they been given no sign of approval or the other thing.